what on earth do you mean the c section wasn't medically necessary? Are you a doctor? Cause her doctors decided that it WAS medically necessary.

Power dynamic is not a part of defining bigotry or racism. That's protointellectual bullshit that has infected the discussion. Power or enfranchisement is a state of mind...totally subjective. Just because you think someone is powerful does not mean they feel empowered, which is all that matters. Power doesn't…

You're misusing that term, but I'll forgive you. I'm calling it out as a false dichotomy. You can't even call it a "right" of yours when it solely exists within the realm of another person's rights. There is no such right. It's no different (in logic) from someone saying they have a basic human right not to see your…

I'm sure I can't post this without someone assuming I mean something else by it, but I'll say it anyway. The idea that being perceived the way you want to be perceived is a "basic human right" is ludicrous. It really is. Your rights end where the rights of another begin, and everyone DOES have a basic human right to…

And when people downplay the toll an accusation of rape can have on a man, they reveal just how uncomfortable they are with the concept of male vulnerability—proving to everyone that they are, in fact, some of the people most strongly chained to gender stereotypes.

That would be explained by sexism.

Now there's a red herring the size of a house. Well done.

Unfortunately, you're mistating that statistic. 8% (not 1%-8%, just flat out 8%) of rape allegations which are brought to police are found to be false. This woman did not bring this to police, which means you are not allow to infer anything about the likelihood of it having happened, because you have no scientific…

I'll just put this here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/14/con…

The problem is you're only interested in using someone else's life (and the most difficult parts of it) to your own ends instead of letting that person work through an issue made public in the most logical, direct way. He doesn't owe you or anyone else shit. That's the end of the story. There's no more to say.

I've mentioned in a number of comments that marriage is not the only way to bring about commitment. But a commitment is not between two people in a vacuum. It's between two people in a community. Marriage is one obvious way to establish that commitment. Also, if you're married, you're committed. People often misuse…

The intensity is not a problem in a commitment. The obvious implication (which everyone else has so far followed, even when they disagreed) is that the intensity makes for emotional damage when the relationship either ends or seems to be faltering for want of a commitment.

Whether it's for one reason or another, you still acknowledge that spiritual damage can become a problem. Then you spend the rest of this temper tantrum glossing over inconvenient truths to promote your personal idea of how we should be socialized for the sake of...what...global harmony (?), which you then negate by…

You're going to get about as many laughs with that one as a knock knock joke.

What on earth makes you think I was talking about porn? I don't know about you, but I have friends. My closest marrie friends and I speak at length about the emotional dynamics of married life. My unmarried friends and I do the same. Surely I could develop an opinion based on these exchanges. What's more, there's more…

The funny thing is that I couldn't be less confused about sex. That's the beauty. I'm completely clear, and have no muddled thoughts based on emotional exchanges I'm not fully able to process. I'm not making a bigger deal out of it than the article is. That's fair, right? If the article makes a deal out of it, surely…

What law or statute of logic says that a person who has not experienced something can espouse no opinion of it? Perhaps you're attempting to invoke the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, which states "Whereof we cannot speak, thereof we must be silent." The problem with incorrectly applying it is that this would also…

No, that's what sex is for people who have fooled themselves (and only themselves) into thinking they have complete control of their emotions, and how things are going to effect them. These people believe they can change reality out of sheer willpower. It's fascinating, but also sad.

The marriage ceremony doesn't have to be a part of the public expectations set upon your relationship. This is nothing new to me. But that's common law marriage. Taking someone to be your spouse so that the people closest to you will hold you accountable to growing and learning with that person. This doesn't happen…

A commitment without accountability is not a commitment. It's a boast. Marriage brings society's expectations with it, which serve to hold you accountable to your commitment. Society does this less and less, but we're still miles away from it becoming nonexistent. Even the apes require commitments to have healthy…